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The Portsmouth Invitational Tournament couldn't have ended in much more memorable fashion Saturday night at Churchland High. Georgetown's Markel Starks sank a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give Sales Systems Ltd. a 75-73 victory over Norfolk Sports Club for the championship. Then one of the tournament's area products, Marquette and Sales Systems player Davante Gardner of King's Fork High in Suffolk, was named the Most Valuable Player of the four-day, 12-game event. In the championship game, Gardner had 20 points and nine rebounds for Sales Systems. Starks added 19 points and five assists. Norfolk Sports Club was led by Ronald Roberts Jr. of Saint Joseph's, who...

Through most of his time at Tabb High, Kyle Turner had no interest in stock-car racing and, in fact, dissed his uncle for watching it. That changed in September 2002, when he attended the Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway for his 18th...

With the price of regular unleaded gasoline nearing $4 a gallon, auto information websites TrueCar.com and AutoMD.com have come out with a simple guide to getting more mileage from your vehicle.
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Mother Nature made her presence felt yet again at a Langley Speedway's opening night, interrupting racing Saturday after four of six races. Otherwise, when Langley management reviews its opening-night checklist, it surely will be pleased. Attendance:...

Purchasing a home is the biggest investment that most consumers will ever make, therefore it is vital to have all of the information available about the property prior to signing on the dotted line. To help consumers know detailed information about the...

Energy-efficient living knows no age or lifestyle, according to the Hampton Roads Green Building Council.
If you use a refrigerator, flush a toilet or wash clothes, you can learn how to use less and save more when you take the council's free, self-guided...

A pint-sized dish of cevichocho, served on the street in Otavalo, sparked one of those ah-hah moments so unexpected it caught me unawares. By the time we the three of us parked near the town's famous craft market, lunch time had come and gone. Heading...

My guide, Roberto, met me at Madrid's airport, we rented a car and minutes later we were southbound on the freeway, immersed in the vastness of La Mancha. It's a tough terrain. A windmill -- weathered into a rough little useless nub -- still capped its...

The history of action cinema has a long tradition of international cross-cultural pollination, as films from one country inspire filmmakers from another. Directors such as Sam Peckinpah, Akira Kurosawa, Sergio Leone, John Woo and Quentin Tarantino learned...

General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Thursday more recalls are possible as the No. 1 U.S. automaker grapples with a series of safety problems that have prompted the recall of 20 million cars. Barra's comments in an interview with NBC came...

For decades, Subaru's all-wheel-drive vehicles have delivered people to the trail head, campground and ski slope safely. Now the brand is turning to technology to give drivers an extra measure of security.
The popular brand — among the fastest-growing...

Global warming has been going on for so long that most people were not even born the last time the Earth was cooler than average in 1985 in a shift that is altering perceptions of a "normal" climate, scientists said.
"Because the last...

As you can tell by the flurry of posts, my 10 days in Egypt have inspired me to write. I’ve had an amazing experience here. My open letter to President Morsi actually earned me a reply from his assistant, who ensures me they are trying and that they...

I always had been a guy who goes it alone, a lone wolf, a solitary wanderer on scenic Florida paths.
That all changed, at least temporarily, when I paid $5 above the general $20 admission for the guided tour of the Edison and Ford Winter Estates in...

ABOARD THE ROCKY MOUNTAINEER IN WESTERN CANADA — The land, baronial and steep, dwarfs this 20-car train as it snakes through the wilderness.
Go ahead, smudge your nose up against the wide windows. Slip outside into the warm, pine-scented vestibule...

To commemorate the centennial of the beginning of World War I, Dolomite Mountains Ltd. will lead eight-day tours exploring the via ferrata, or iron path, the network of lines and metal ladders built to aid soldiers as they fought in and around the...

You heard your teen plotting a Halloween prank. Should you make him stay home?
Parent advice
By all means let your teen know you have heard of the plan and you expect him to not participate and to tell others to call it off. And let him know that you...

Automakers build hybrids — and consumers buy them — for different reasons. It's not always about maximum mileage, and there's no better example of that than the Lexus LS 600h L, the hybrid version of the luxury brand's flagship LS 460 sedan (reviewed...

Despite its polarizing, too-young-for-some design, the 2013 Kia Soul seems to have just about everything you could need in a car, without inundating you with too many fluffy extras. Lucky for you, a carful of tween girls blasting "Party Rock...

It's hard not to feel like a possum about to go SPLAT! when you stand in front of the grille of the new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado. The full-size pickup has that kind of visual, um, impact. Plenty of competing pickups will share the flat possum's pain after...